Hosiery.



R. W. SCOTT.

HOSIEEY.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 16 1908.

1,1 14,538. Patented 0ct.20,1914

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R! W. SCOTT.

HOSIERY.

APILIUAIION FILED JULY 16,1908.

1,1 14,538. Patented 001;. .20, 1914.

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R, W. SCOTT.

HOSIERY.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 16. 1002.

1., 1 14,538. Patented Oct. 20, 1914.

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ROBERT W. SCOTT, OF LEEDS POINT, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, T0 SCOTT d; WILLIAMS, INCORPORATED, OF CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY,

\A CORPORATION O13 NEW JERSEY.

HOSIERY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 20, 1914.

Application filed July 16, 1908. Serial No. 443,905.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Ronnkr \V. Scorr, a citizen of the United States, residing in Leeds Point, Atlantic county, New Jersey, have invented certain IIHPIOVQIYIQIltS in Hoisery, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of hoisery having what are termed. seamless heels and toes, the object of my invention being to produce a heel of this character having any desired depth, or a toe of any desired length. This object 1 attain in the manner hereinafter set forth, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a View of a sock having a heel and toe made in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic representation of the needles of a circular knitting machine intended to aid in an undcrstz-uniling of the process whereby the heel portion of the stocking is knitted in accordance with any invention, Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are enlarged views of some of the stitches forming part of the narrowed web of the heel or toe and illustrating various embodiments of my invention, and Fig. (3 is a view similar to Fig. 3 but illustrating the suture between the narrowed and widened portions of the web.

In the usual process of u'iaking stockings with seamless heels, the tubular leg portion of the stocking is produced by round-audround knitting upon all of the needles of the machine until the instep portion of the stocking is reached, whereupon a certain number of the needles, usually one-half of the same, are put out of action but permitted to retain their stitches. These needles, corresponding to the instep portion of the stocking and conveniently termed instep needles, may be represented by those around the upper half of the circle of needles shown in Fig. 2. To-and-fro knit ting is then carried on upon the remaining half of the needles, and, before each recipro cation, a needle first at one end of the fashioning set and then at the opposite end of the same is put out of action but permitted to retain its stitch, this operation being continued until the desired narrowing of the web has been efi'ected, say until the needles from a toe and from'a to 2 have been put out of action.

lVhile still continuing the to-and-fro knitting the needles formerly put out of action are brought into action again, one at a time, in reverse order from that in which they were put out of action until all of t he needles from to a and from 2 to a have been again restored, whereupon the instep needles are also returned to action and round-andround knitting is resumed for the production of tubular web for the foot: of the stocking. The heel pocket produced in this way, however, does not possess sufiicient amplitude, the number of courses of stitches in the heel being confined to the number of needles in the fashioning set upon which the narrowing and widening operations are performed, thus if there arc liftysix of such needles at each end of the fashioning set, there will be only one-hundred and twelve courses of stitches in the heel. This objection has been 0\ ercome by knitting toandfro upon all of the needles from a to a for a number of courses before beginning the narrowing operation and after completing the widening operation, the clfect of this method of knitting being to produce at the top and "front of the shaped heel, .selvageedged gussets of the full half diameter of the knitted tube and of any desired width, but the objection to this method of operation is that the adjoining edges of these gussets must, after the removal of the stocking from the knitting machine, be united by sewing or looping, thus producing a seam at each side of the stocking, which is objectionable not only because of its presence but also because of the added cost of production for which it is responsible. Attempts have also been made to enlarge the heel by introducing supplemental courses of stitches between successive narrowing and widening operations, each of such introduced courses being of lesser extent than the courses preceding and following it, but this method of manufacture does not arrest the regular narrowing or widening of the tapered heel webs, nor does it lessen the angle of ta er or in crease the depth of the heel at he center if/UiJ duct-1m: 871 mg 'n-m'n the ilvmuh sequent mm the {10 5; n :1 seam? depth by chine How.

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'lhe presence of the extra courses results in the deepening of the heel to the extent of the number of such extra courses produced therein and I'can, therefore, by repeatcd manipulations of the needles in the manner described, produce a heel having an desired depth.

in Fig- L5 1 have shown but one edge of tho narrowed web but it will be understood that the opposite edge of the web will present the same appearance as that which is shown, exceptthat where in Fig. 3 certain efl'eots are shown as produced at the ends of odd numbered courses, said eflccts will, at the opposite edge of the narrowed wcb, be produced at the ends of the even numl'iercd courses, and vice versa.

T he plan described of widening between successive narrowings by bringing into action two needles and then immediately putting one of them out of action again, is adopted because this method is best adapted for in a common type of seamless hosiery machine having what is known as a twoand-onc pick, and intended to avoid scl vaging on the end needle, and provide a sinker Wale on each side of the same for the action of the web holder but this method of operation is not essential to the attainment of this result, and in Fig. l I have shown a portion of the narrowed web in which another method of knitting has been adopted, the manipulation of the needles being as follows :First course needle (1 out; second course needle a out; third course needle 7) out; fourth course needle I) out and needle 3: in; fifth course needle I) out and m-edle b in; sixth course needle 5 out; seventh course needle 0 out; eighth course needle 6" out and needle r; in; ninth course needle (2 out and needle in; tenth course needle 0 out;

. eleventh course needle (I out, twelfth course needle (1 out and needle (I in; thirteenth ourse needle 41 out and needle 0 in; fourt enth course needle rZ out; fifteenth course needle out; sixteenth course needle 1: out; seventeenth course needle out; eighte nth ((11, so nccdlc out, and so on. In this web a represents the stitch remaining on the needle (1 when it was put out of action at tho beginning of the first course: 0 the stitch on the neodle when it was put out of action at the beginning of the third course; 5 tho stitch lornted on the needle I) when it was put into action at the end oi the, fourth cnlHH. this stitch being retained when the needle was put out of action at the beginning of the filth course; the stitch on the needle 0 when it was put out of action at the l'reginning of the seventh course: 0 the stitch formed on said needle when it was restored again at the end of the eighth course,

this stitch being retained by the needle when the latter was put out of action at the beginning oi' the ninth course; (i the stitch on the needle (1, when it was put out of action at the beginning of the eleventh course; (Z the stitch formed on the needle 0! when it was restored at the end of the twelfth course,

this stitch being retained by the needle when the latter was put out of action at the beginning of the thirteenth course, regular narrowing being then resorted to. In this web, the wales (1-, I), c and (1 instead of being discontinued as usual at the beginning of courses 1, 3, 5 and 7,'respectively, are discontinued respectively at the beginnin of courses 1, 5, 9 and 13, showing a gain 0 six courses, which can be increased as desired by postponing the beginning of the regular narrowing operation.

In both of the ases described the web is first narrowed by dropping a needle out, and then after the formation of two or more wuirses, is widened by bringing said needle in again, but my invention can also be embodied in webs in which the narrowing operation is simply arrested for one or more courses between successive narrowings and the widening operation is likewise arrested for one or more courses between successive widenings, Fig. 5 representing the narrowed portion of a web of this type. In knitting such web the needles are manipulated as follows: First course all of the needles in; second course all of the needles in; third course needle (I, out; fourth course needle (1 out; fifth course all of the needles in except needles {1, and a; sixth course all of the needles in except needles a and a seventh course needle I) out: eighth course needle I) out; ninth course all of the needles in except needles (1, (1. and 1) b tenth course same needles in; eleventh course needle 0 out; twelfth course needle c out; thirteenth course needle (Z out; fourteenth course needle J out; fifteenth course needle e out; sixteenth course needle 0 out. and so on. This operation results in the formation of successive courses having sclvages at their ends. as represented at (1 4 b 0 0 these selvaged portions being introduced between the sum-csshe narrowing courses and between successive widening courses.

The methods of operation described in connection with Figs. 3 and 4 are, however, preferred for the reason that they provide sinker wales, such as shown, for instance, at f in Figs. 3 and 4, to cross and partially close the eyelet holes which would be pro duccd in a web having sclvaged courses between successive narrowings or widenings.

The courses (6 0- ZN), 0 0 in Fi 5 I term arresting courses. since their forma tion simply delays the dropping of a needle out of action, and in widening will delay the bringing of a needle intoaction, while the Angle and set

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